24th February 2015 is now the golden day of West Indies cricket history. The 35-year-old left-hander scored 215 runs in 147 balls.

It was also only the fifth double century in all one-day international cricket and the first by a non-Indian, with Rohit Sharma (two), Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag the only other batsmen to achieve the feat. Gayle’s score is the third highest in ODI history, with Sharma’s 264 the best and Sehwag’s 219 ahead of him.